Iran’s new defense minister recently made a stunning admission about the Islamic Republic’s noncompliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA), the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with the Islamist regime in Tehran.

Brigadier General Amir Hatami said Thursday that Iran will always lend support to what he called “the Resistance Front.”

The Resistance Front refers to the loose coalition of terror groups and Middle Eastern regimes fighting against the existence of Israel, but Hatami made it clear Iran’s broader struggle is against the West, and particularly the U.S.

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“We seek defending our rights based on Islamic teachings, and will help all nations who seek to fight against arrogant powers,” Hatami said, using Iran’s favorite nickname for the U.S. after claiming that Iran is operating only in an advisory role.

He then confirmed that Iran is delivering weapons and other “defense equipment” to “other countries.”

“Our aim is to cut reliance on the outside and achieve self-sufficiency in defense industry,” he said.

“If needed, we will also export defense equipment to other countries in order to guarantee security and stability in the region,” he added, referring to Iranian military and financial aid to terror organizations such as Ansar Allah (Houthi rebels in Yemen), al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as the Lebanese army, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey, Venezuela, Sudan, North Korea and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

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Hatami later threatened Iran’s enemies over a potential attack on Iran, and said Tehran will boost its defensive power.

“We will boost (our) defensive power so much that no one would dare violate Iran,” Hatami said, adding that the Islamic Republic has now deployed all components of the state-of-the-art Russian S-300 defense missile system to protect “sensitive sites.”

During a televised interview that was aired Saturday, Hatami said Iran is also in the advanced stages of deploying its first long-range missile defense system, known by the codename “Bavar 373.”

The Bavar anti-missile shield was recently tested by Iran, according to Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s air defense unit.

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By making the revealing statements Hatami actually confirmed Israeli intelligence reports claiming Iran is building underground missile factories and WMD facilities in Syria and Lebanon.

U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, an integral part of the JCPOA that turned the agreement into international law, prohibits Iran from moving assets “related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms” for the benefit of Iran without prior approval from the Security Council.

The Israeli intelligence findings were discussed with Trump administration officials during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. by an Israeli delegation headed by Mossad chief Yossi Cohen.

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Meanwhile, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with Dan Coats, the head of U.S. national intelligence, in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Moreover, the head of the Israeli Defense Forces, Intelligence Directorate Major General Herzi Halevi briefed U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Iran’s illicit activities in Lebanon and Syria.

Halevi warned Guterres, who visited Israel last week, that Iran is building facilities for the production of precision weapons on Lebanese soil and is helping the Assad regime with the reconstruction of the Syrian military complex.

Halevi and other high-ranking Israeli officials have made it clear that Israel will not sit on its hands while Iran breaches UNSC Resolution 2231 and turns Syria into another client state with the aim of closing in on the Jewish state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for example, told Guterres that the construction of Iranian missile factories and other precision weapons in Syria and Lebanon is simply unacceptable to Israel.

Iran, however, seems undeterred by the increasing international pressure over its belligerent activities abroad and by the prospect that President Donald Trump might not certify the JCPOA when it will be reviewed in October.

Mohammad Baqeri, chief of staff for the Iranian military, said this weekend that “even the arrogant West is smart enough to know” that war with Iran will cost them dearly, according to YNet News.

“Thank God, even the unwise who lead world arrogance (the West)… can conclude that attacking the Islamic Republic would entail heavy costs,” Baqeri told a gathering of Iranian officers, adding that if war breaks out, the frontlines would be outside Iranian territory.

“Even if they would control the start of an aggression, they would not have a say about its end and they won’t even be able to limit the war to Iran’s borders,” Baqeri said.

He then confirmed what Hatami said earlier about Iran’s illicit belligerent activities abroad.

“Despite all plots and schemes by the enemies, especially the US, which are hatched and implemented everyday, the Armed Forces are successfully conducting their mission to safeguard the country’s security and help fight against terrorism in neighboring countries.”

“We have the lion share in the regional developments and are honored that we are the flag-bearer of campaign against terrorism,” Baqeri said, referring to Iran’s meddling in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as to the support the Islamic Republic is lending to terrorist movements such as Hamas and Hezbollah.